The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fossil-pilaster-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Market Place, Penkridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 924 141
- Coordinates
- 52.72459, -2.11299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that dates back to the 17th century and was remodeled in the mid-19th century. It features a timber frame, though some of it has been replaced with painted brick. The roof is shaped tile with plain tile bands and has a brick ridge stack. The building has two storeys and two windows with casements. There is a central boarded door with a segmental head, and an exposed corner post is visible on the left side. This property is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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